mellcolly

The mini-series is mildly entertaining. The quality of the sets and size and scale is pretty good. However, everything else about the show is not good. The show is too simple. A boy who becomes a Pharaoh and is surrounded by idiots who want to overthrow or take on more power for themselves. Tut is portrayed as a descent person that visits commoners and drinks beer like the rest of us, but fails to eliminate huge threats that surround him.

After two episodes I can't get past how badly Sibylla Deen(Ankhe) acts. Tut's sister/wife/queen has a huge part and is more involved in the plot than King Tut. She has no facial expression, none, the only thing that moves is her lips. Her acting is so bad and distracting that I can't forgive the many other flaws in the show. I really hope they never cast this woman again.

The other thing that is distracting is the "over-the-top" English accent being used. It's another trend that is starting to be cheesy.

I love survival shows like Dual Survival, Survivorman, Ray Maers, and Extreme Survival. I was hoping to watch a bush craft show where contestants actually excel in the wild. It's fascinating to see modern man attempting to survive in the wild by themselves and demonstrate bush craft. However, after seeing several episodes I am annoyed by what I was watching. There's a lot of personal analysis of each contestants modern life and how they feel about isolation. If you consider the show is about 45 minutes without commercials then I estimate you actually see about 10% or less of actual survival activity. Maybe the problem is contestants actually film themselves and are not professional film makers. The majority of the show consists of each contestant talking to the camera and in their shelter. Most of the contestants are going downhill and barely surviving. It's really depressing and at times just plain boring. In my opinion they need to have contestants with a bit more skill and experience. I'd have professionals record their more actual activity. Do away with the family background filler and more bush craft.